552 332. Cucumis. 51. CUCURBITACEiE. PL ex. cal. 
2. Cucumis moschaius. Musky cucumber. 
Ijeaves with rounded angles ; fruit rather warty ; skin 
reticulated. 
Melo, Ger. em. 91T, 1 to 3; Park . Par. 527. 
Cucumis IMelo, Lin. S. P. 1436. 
Melon. 
Cultivated ; annual ; April to July. 
Fruit has many varieties in the gardens ; it has a peculiar 
smell and flavour liked by some and as strongly disliked 
by others ; eaten with wine and sugar, or with salt and 
pepper, as one of the highest luxuries, especially when 
fresh gathered, by those who relish it. 
III. 333. CUCURBITA. Pliny. Gourd. 
Plant monoicous ; calyx-lobes awlshape ; corolla bell- 
shape. — M ale. Filaments 3, 2 soldered together at bottom; 
anthers soldered. — F em. Filaments 3, without anthers, sol- 
dered beneath into a rather thick ring; style short; stig- 
mata 3, thickened; pepo large, 3-locular, cells parted; 
seeds ovate, compressed ; edge swelled ; tip sometimes 
nicked. 
Cucurlita esculenta. Eatable gourd . 
Flowers bellshape, narrow at bottom ; limb upright. 
Pepo maximus rotundus, Ger. em. 919,2. 
Pepo, Park. Par . 527. 
Cucurbita Pepo, Lin. S. P. 1435. 
Pompions. Pumpkins. 
Cultivated; annual; August. 
Fruit very large, weighing sometimes 20 lb.; flesh of the 
fruit boiled in milk, or baked in a pie, used as food. 
Fam. XVII. 52. SALXCARIiE.. Jussieu. 
Calyx free, tubular, persisting; petals 4- to 6, on the top 
of the calyx, rarely 0 ; stamens as many, or twice as many 
as the lobes; ovary simple; style 1 ; capsule enclosed in the 
calyx, 2-celled ; placentarium columnar, central ; seeds 
many, smooth; perisperm very thin; corculum straight, 
central ; radicle below. — Plant herbaceous ; leaves often 
opposite. 
Calyx 6-toothed ; pet. 6 ; caps . 2-valved Ly thrum. 334. 
Calyx 12-toothed ; pet. 6 or 0 ; 
caps, valveless Portula. 335, L 
